Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of pediatric cataract in Taiwan

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1485-1490

  Yang, Meng Ling ^a   Hou, Chiun Ho ^a   Lee, Jiahn Shing ^a   Liang, Yu Sung ^b   Kao, Ling Yuh ^a   Lin, Ken Kuo ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Evergreen Clinic   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Intraocular lens; Pediatric cataract

Indexed keywords

AFTERCATARACT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LENS IMPLANT; LENSECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750975056     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0308-4     Document Type: Article

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